Ballard v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Maiion county. STATEMENT. E. T. Bugbee, a witness for the State, testified that on the day of the killing, and soon after it, as he was going out of Ocala with J. W. Smith, he met the plaintiff in error coming in alone on Ocklawaha avenue, with his pistol in his hand, and was asked by him if he was going out on this street, and having replied that he was, Ballard said to him : “I wish you would see that old man Shafer gets home all…
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Maiion county. STATEMENT. E. T. Bugbee, a witness for the State, testified that on the day of the killing, and soon after it, as he was going out of Ocala with J. W. Smith, he met the plaintiff in error coming in alone on Ocklawaha avenue, with his pistol in his hand, and was asked by him if he was going out on this street, and having replied that he was, Ballard said to him : “I wish you would see that old man Shafer gets home all right” j and witness inquiring of him, why, he replied: “I have shot him,” and in response to a further inquiry as to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J. :
The plaintiff in error and Lawrence Ballard were indicted at the Fall term, 1892, of Marion Circuit Court, for the murder of Charles Shafer on the 27th day of September of the same year, and tried at the same term in October. The plaintiff in error was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years confinement at hard labor in the State prison. Lawrence Ballard was acquitted.
I. The defendants moved for a severance on the grounds:
1st. That Lawrence Ballard was ready for trial, and insisted upon being tried, and was not able to give the bail required by the court, and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Gladden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1868
- Ortiz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- Sanford v. CloudSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
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